web02.fireside.fm Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:32:51 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Firm & Fast Golf Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “The Burghers” https://firmandfastgolfpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/the%20burghers Fri, 17 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000 We're on a golfing quest of sorts, looking to increase our golfing I.Q.'s in the process. Our aim is to speak to expert guests at the intersection of golf design and construction, green keeping and history…...to name but a few topics. This podcast is not about us, it's about the guests, what they know and how that can influence the sustainable future of the game of golf that we all cherish. Suspend what you know about the game of golf for a moment and join us on this journey, we promise great guests, different takes and a few laughs along the way. Many thanks for considering us for a listen! en-ie episodic Unknown unknowns and the golfing road less travelled Shane Derby We're on a golfing quest of sorts, looking to increase our golfing I.Q.'s in the process. Our aim is to speak to expert guests at the intersection of golf design and construction, green keeping and history…...to name but a few topics. This podcast is not about us, it's about the guests, what they know and how that can influence the sustainable future of the game of golf that we all cherish. Suspend what you know about the game of golf for a moment and join us on this journey, we promise great guests, different takes and a few laughs along the way. Many thanks for considering us for a listen! no Golf, Golf Architecture, Golf History, Agronomy, Sustainability in Golf Shane Derby shanemderby@gmail.com Episode 33: Dutch Golf Series #4 - Robin Bargmann #2 http://firmandfastgolfpodcast.fireside.fm/33 98e38d60-3b60-4881-a173-3326720a63c0 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000 Shane Derby 33 Dutch Golf Series #4 - Robin Bargmann #2 full Shane Derby Robin Bargmann joins us again for part 2 of our 3 part chat about his research into the dutch influence on the early days of golf in Scotland and early golf in the Netherlands. 57:35 no 'I think you always have to go to the context, to understand something' R. Bargmann. Robin Bargmann joins us for the second instalment on the back story to dutch golf. Today we touch on some Dutch history including the Spanish Armada, the fall of Antwerp and subsequent rise of Amsterdam, the Dutch masters and the Burghers, the demise of the game of colf, not to forget the foundation of the Dutch Republic, Waterloo, the Dutch East India Company and much more. Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy the journey! Links to a few of Robin's articles published in the British Golf Collectors Societies periodical Through the Green can be found below Golf in Holland (https://www.golfcollectors.co.uk/u/cms/ttg_113_2015_june.pdf#page=35) Bobby Boreel (https://www.golfcollectors.co.uk/u/cms/ttg_137_2021_june.pdf#page=36) More than a Textbook (https://www.golfcollectors.co.uk/u/cms/ttg_136_2021_march.pdf#page=38) The Serendipity book is now out of print, however, used copies can often be found on Abebooks (https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=serendipity%20of%20early%20golf&sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results) if you are interested in augmenting your golfing library. Featured music by Victor Lundberg, under license from Epidemic Sound Special Guest: Robin Bargmann. Dutch Golf, Robin Bargmann, Dutch East India Company, Batavia, Colf, The Dutch Masters, The Burghers, The Serendipity of Early Golf, Early Golf 'I think you always have to go to the context, to understand something' R. Bargmann.

Robin Bargmann joins us for the second instalment on the back story to dutch golf.

Today we touch on some Dutch history including the Spanish Armada, the fall of Antwerp and subsequent rise of Amsterdam, the Dutch masters and the Burghers, the demise of the game of colf, not to forget the foundation of the Dutch Republic, Waterloo, the Dutch East India Company and much more.

Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy the journey!

Links to a few of Robin's articles published in the British Golf Collectors Societies periodical Through the Green can be found below

Golf in Holland
Bobby Boreel
More than a Textbook

The Serendipity book is now out of print, however, used copies can often be found on Abebooks if you are interested in augmenting your golfing library.

Featured music by Victor Lundberg, under license from Epidemic Sound

Special Guest: Robin Bargmann.

]]> 'I think you always have to go to the context, to understand something' R. Bargmann.

Robin Bargmann joins us for the second instalment on the back story to dutch golf.

Today we touch on some Dutch history including the Spanish Armada, the fall of Antwerp and subsequent rise of Amsterdam, the Dutch masters and the Burghers, the demise of the game of colf, not to forget the foundation of the Dutch Republic, Waterloo, the Dutch East India Company and much more.

Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy the journey!

Links to a few of Robin's articles published in the British Golf Collectors Societies periodical Through the Green can be found below

Golf in Holland
Bobby Boreel
More than a Textbook

The Serendipity book is now out of print, however, used copies can often be found on Abebooks if you are interested in augmenting your golfing library.

Featured music by Victor Lundberg, under license from Epidemic Sound

Special Guest: Robin Bargmann.

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